Tag Archives: Barnard College

A teen who allegedly shot a man dead in southeast Queens was busted early Friday after cops spotted him standing over the body and holding a gun, police said. Read more:Daily News

A Mexican man pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to working for the family business — an international sex trafficking ring that goes back generations. Read more: Daily News

President Obama will speak at Barnard College’s graduation, the elite women’s college announced Saturday. Obama will receive the school’s medal of distinction and deliver the keynote address on May 14. Read more: Daily News

A Chelsea man was found slain in his apartment last night with his arms and feet bound and duct tape over his mouth, law enforcement sources said. Officers found the 57-year-old man dead at 7:53 p.m. in his home at 212 West 22nd Street, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear how the man was killed but his hands were bound with duct tape and tied to a bedpost with an electrical cord, sources said. The man’s feet were also bound and his face was covered. Read more: NYPost

Criticism is already being hurled at an emerging deal to reform the once-a-decade process of redrawing the boundaries of state legislative and congressional districts. Critics charge that a constitutional amendment being negotiated to make the partisan-influenced process more independent includes a “poison pill” that would still leave the ultimate decision in the hands of legislators. Read more: Daily News